Name check
Is your company name already in the register? Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company in the KBO register already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector. Trademarks and domain names are checked separately.
“HAMAD SHOP”
An active company already has this name
The name is not unique in the register. In another sector the risk of confusion is smaller, but customers and search engines do not always make that distinction.
Also pick your activity to see whether a similar name exists in your own sector.
What this check does and does not say
- We compare against every name in the KBO register today: the name, the abbreviation and the trade names of enterprises and their establishments. Capitals, accents, punctuation and legal forms (bv, nv, srl, ...) do not count.
- This is not a trademark search and not legal advice on using the name. A name that is not in the register can still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the official registers of the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP, boip.int) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO, euipo.europa.eu).
- A domain name or a social media handle is also separate from the register.
Same or very similar names
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Detailhandel in tabaksproducten · Fleurus · since 2026
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Maarssen · since 2018
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 2019
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · since 1980
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Retail sale of games and toys · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of AD ANTWERP · Vervaardiging van overige kleding en toebehoren, n.e.g. · Antwerpen · since 1985
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Full-service restaurants · Jemeppe-sur-Sambre · since 2015
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Activities of holding companies · Oudenaarde · since 2022
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Schaarbeek · since 2012
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Advertising agencies · since 1973
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Vervaardiging van verlichtingsapparaten · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of HAMADA ROTTERDAM · Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2024
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Abbreviation of VERBLIJFSCENTRA VOOR VOLWASSEN PERSONEN MET EEN VERSTANDELIJKE BEPERKING · Instellingen met huisvesting voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap · Elsene · since 1965
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Wetteren · since 1993
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Other business support services · Genk · since 1999
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Retail sale of chocolate and confectionery · Jabbeke · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of HAMA TRANS · On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Etterbeek · since 2008
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Andere drinkgelegenheden · since 2026
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Tienen · since 2023